Word: midshipmen
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...alone as I jog along the seawall with the Chesapeake Bay Bridge in the distance—there are more than a thousand men and women far sweatier than I. These are the plebes: newly-minted high school graduates going into their first-year as midshipmen in the Naval Academy brigade. While their high school classmates spend the summer tanning, they head off to Annapolis for Plebe Summer. “Start your days at dawn and end them long after sunset, wondering how you will make it through the next day,” advertises the USNA website...
Going into that race against the No. 7 Midshipmen, Harvard had held the top rank in the nation after easy victories in its first five races. The race began as usual, with Harvard starting strong and holding a six-seat lead through the first 1500 meters of the course. However, Navy bested the Crimson boat in the final sprint, upsetting the nation’s top seed by half a second...
...Crimson (5-1) barely missed the win. Less than half a second separated Harvard from returning the Haines Cup to Cambridge. The No. 7 Midshipmen (6-2) won in a time of 5:55.61. The Crimson trailed...
...three Crimson boats and the two freshman boats fell to the Midshipmen. The second varsity boat lost 6:05.67 to 6:06.95. The third varsity fell in a close 6:18.5 to 6:18.9 race, while the first and second freshman boats fell by wider margins, 6:08.19 to 6:22.06 and 6:24.27 to 6:38.29, respectively...
...Crimson is likely to face the Tigers and the Midshipmen again at the Northern Championships to be held at Blodgett Pool this weekend. Despite last weekend’s results, the team feels confident it will place well...